Episode 154: Health Issues and Teenagers

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Why can it be so hard just to help a teenager stay healthy? Today we answer listener questions about exercise, diet as well as medical issues that impact adolescent lives. How can parents deal with teenagers that seemingly ignore allergies and other dietary concerns that can affect their health? What about medications that my teen needs to take but hates to be reminded about? We even take on life-threatening health issues like Cystic Fibrosis which is one of several conditions that prove just how important a teenager's need for autonomy really is. Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Mouth-That-Bites-You/dp/1514762374/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667269257&sr=8-1 Music provided by the great John David Kent! - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.2	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.3	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.6	What's going on, Jessica?
0:25.3	Not a lot. I've had a great morning.
0:27.4	My daughter is running a race in a different town, and she just texted me and had a great race.
0:33.7	So I'm excited about that.
0:34.7	Her mother is not there?
0:36.7	No.
0:43.6	What kind of a mother are you? I feel so bad. Another child was sick and I thought I was going to have to stay home today.
0:48.1	So your daughter is devastated? My daughter is devastated. She was at the state. She's not devastated. She was fine with it. She was actually fine without me. She actually ran better without me. Yeah.
0:55.2	That's, but that's, I just want to make a brief comment that I hear that a lot from parents.
0:59.8	I feel terrible that I wasn't there. Was your teenager? No, they were fine with it. But, you know,
1:05.8	it really is sometimes okay. It's okay. I have that terrible mom guilt, though. Well, exactly. Yes. And honestly,
1:13.0	she's probably better without me because I am one of those crazy lunatic mothers who shrieks
1:18.3	and screams when my kid comes through. So yeah, it's probably better. It's sometimes there's
1:25.2	that idea that, well, secretly they really really they say they're fine with it but
1:29.7	they actually wish i was there and and i talk with teenagers no you know that that's mostly they're
1:35.1	fine with you not always being there again you know no parent listening to this is the one
1:40.9	that's never been to their kids event you know listening to this you're listening to this, you're that kind of a parent.
1:45.9	But you just want to be there for everything.
1:47.5	Yeah, exactly.
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